Street Fighter IV screenshot

By Tom Bramwell Published 6 December, 2007

Plus first gameplay details.

Details have finally emerged about how Street Fighter IV will work and, indeed, what it looks like.

The latter's probably the most interesting bit and comes courtesy of the first screenshot over at 1UP.

It sees a fat-legged Ryu standing in front of a street scene where NPCs can be seen pottering around and generally ignoring the oddly posed man a few feet away.

According to 1UP - which is trailing a preview in the January 2008 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly - gameplay will be 2D, with new moves, locations and gameplay features, but with the standard six-button control scheme.

Ryu and Ken are said to be back, as are Chun-Li and Dhalsim, but the rest of the characters involved are a mystery.

For more on Street Fighter IV, platforms for which are still officially unconfirmed, check out the first cinematic reveal and our summary of the Capcom Gamers' Day that saw its announcement.

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  • space_ace #1 5 years ago

    O_O

  • syphaa #2 5 years ago

    Looks interesting...not quite sure whats going on with Ryu's groin area though...looks like he is wearing a next gen cod piece! Looking forward to this for sure! Be interesting to see how closely they keep to their roots...

  • dudefella #3 5 years ago

    Ryu looks kind of strange somehow.

    Is it just me or is that the classic Chun Li stage from SF2 but in 3d?

  • Steroyd #4 5 years ago

    SFII fighting please.

    If it resembles anything close to the Alpha series they're dead to me.

    As dead as the time I STILL haven't got my Super Puzzle Fighter II HD Turbo. On the UK PS stoe and it's December!! >:(

  • syphaa #5 5 years ago

    Yeah it looks like Chun Li's stage from SF2. Wonder if it will have the chap on the bicycle going past. You reckon they will have the good ol' destructable crates also? Hope they dont go to over the top. SF2 still plays perfectly, be nice to keep the same mechanics but with a fresher look.

  • mechamonkey #6 5 years ago

    Excited +1

  • dllord #7 5 years ago

    Mmmm Looks nice!

  • bigjimbeef #8 5 years ago

    Thank god they mentioned that it's definitely 2D. Now I don't have to keep worrying, I can just skip straight to being excited about how purdy it looks :o)

    Definitely looking forward to more shots of this.. but I agree with Dudefella - Ryu is looking a tad peculiar. Massive feet too.

  • Nikanoru #9 5 years ago

    Wow, that's just fucking great isn't it. Gamers already have very little choice when it comes to good 2D animation, and now they just had to turn one of the last great 2D games out there into a collection of stiff 3D barbie dolls.

    This looks like complete shit.

  • ProdigyBE_OPM #10 5 years ago

    Am I the only one who's dissapointed by the fact that it's in regular 3D, and not the okami style graphical filter. That would be SOOOOOOO cool.

    Hurray for 2D, by the way. 3D would ruin it.

  • barchetta #11 5 years ago

    Why is Gary Neville loitering in the alley behind Ryu?

  • Dizzy #12 5 years ago

    Impressive.... looking forward to more news about this.

  • patlike #13 5 years ago

    *excited in the manner of small child*

  • Gulag #14 5 years ago

    Looks like they've taken a leaf out of Valve's book regarding the character design. The rendering of the character doesn't appear to be the traditional treatment usually seen in ultra-shiney games, instead slightly flattening the palette to achieve a quasi-2D effect, ala Team Fortress 2.

    Should be interesting to see in motion.

  • Tomnd #15 5 years ago

    looks cel-shaded

  • Freelancepolice #16 5 years ago

    Hopefully gameplay takes most of its inspiration from SF 3rd strike

  • patlike #17 5 years ago

    Third Strike was so awesome. I really am genuinely excited by this.

  • lambtron #18 5 years ago

    No 'Gief, Blanka or any of the other old favourites? :(

  • JohnnyWashnGo #19 5 years ago

    Looks bloody awful from that screenshot.

    Lets hope that it plays better than it looks - which, to be fair, was kinda the case with SFII

  • Avaloner #20 5 years ago

    It looks ok but i fear that the characters might get lost in the background since they stand out much less than when they where actually 2d

  • GrandpaUlrira #21 5 years ago

    Hmmm, I'm looking forward to SF2 HD. This one will be full of turds of characters like SF3.

  • Apologie #22 5 years ago

    Am i the only one thinking that the art direction is great and that the 3D is something rather inevitable in the presente era... "in my opinion preferable over 2D"... the graphics look amazing (judging by the pic).
    I hope they don't mess the gameplay, if they don't... is an instant buy to me.

  • aabyssx #23 5 years ago

    I would like a completly new SF with depth like Tekken or VF.
    Anyone wanting an old school 2D painted SF, well... you have it already. And a lot. Why don't you go back and play one of thoose again?

  • Lagto_Soa #24 5 years ago

    All I see in that picture is Ryu's willy. Did they really have to give him a boner?

    Well, he does really like fighting.

  • the_inchworm #25 5 years ago

    I am mega-excited about a brand new Street Fighter. To me, SF3 was a bit of a let-down. I agree with other posters here that the new characters didn't thrill. It also raises one of the major gripes about modern consoles - only four buttons on the front of the pads. It makes console SF impractical, and makes MvsC2 on the Xbox the best Capcom brawler of recent years.

    A 3D working of a 2D mechanic is fine by me. I trust Capcom to deliver the unbelievable precision that made SF2 such a classic.

    ShooooRyuKen!

  • Hog-lumps #26 5 years ago

    hmmm, I prefer the direction that the new SF2 HD is going than this...........still I'll try and remain open-minded till I play it.

    Also am I the only person who hasn't seen (let alone played) '3rd strike' yet?!

  • bad09 #27 5 years ago

    @Hog-lumps

    "Also am I the only person who hasn't seen (let alone played) '3rd strike' yet?!"

    Are you insane?? 3rd Strike is the best 2d fighter! Play it and soon!!

    I can't wait for this and SF2 HD on Live, Street Fighter lives on! Now Capcom, how about Marvel vs Capcom 3 then!

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #28 5 years ago

    By christ that's ugly.

    But I always liked Street Fighter EX.

  • Hog-lumps #29 5 years ago

    Heh, probably!

    I've just never come across it anywhere - is it in the UK arcades? I stopped visiting them ages ago...................

    \remembers when it was 20p a go

  • =BlanK= #30 5 years ago

    Interesting direction their going in, will have to see it moving obviously for a better impression.

  • Darren #31 5 years ago

    Looks OK but nothing special, doubt it'll be a game I'll buy anyway unless it's really uber-amazing (doubtful). Mind you, I've never rated the Street Fighter games at all.

  • bad09 #32 5 years ago

    @Hog-lumps

    If you have 360/xbox pick up Hyper Street Fighter 2 (I think it is B/C with 360). That includes 3rd Strike. Or dig out your old Dreamcast!

  • Nikanoru #33 5 years ago

    Anyone wanting an old school 2D painted SF, well... you have it already. And a lot. Why don't you go back and play one of thoose again?


    Wow, you've got some nerve.

    You want to play games with 3D graphics? You have that already. A WHOLE FREAKING LOT to say the least, with ALL games coming out in the future having 3D graphics pretty much exclusively. What do we have? A few old games, and nothing new. And then we hear SF is going 3D too. Wonderful, oh how spoilt for choice we are huh? Jesus H. Christ.

  • TONYgr #34 5 years ago

    it is okey.lets see how it plays now.NOW!!!!

  • bdc #35 5 years ago

    No watercolor style? That's pretty lame.

  • Foxclose #36 5 years ago

    Like the SFII Chun-Li's background stage. Not sure about the fat leg and big dick, harder look fo Ryu. :-

  • The-Bodybuilder #37 5 years ago

    @Gulag

    That's cel-shading, a methods taken out of sega's book.

  • samadriel #38 5 years ago

    Christ, I hope that's not the final model.

  • tinners #39 5 years ago

    3RD STRIKE GAMEPLAY FTW!!! *PRAYS*

  • Tweakmonkey #40 5 years ago

    I don't doubt this will be brilliant because no matter what the screenshot looks like it will be the animation that makes it great.

  • SuperZ #41 5 years ago

    That screenshot looks really ugly, maybe it'll look better in motion. I was hoping that the teaser trailer graphical style might end up in the game.

  • bad09 #42 5 years ago

    To those saying it looks ropey, remember it's at a very early stage according to Capcom and release is a long way off yet. We're in for a LONG 2008!

  • Latinleader #43 5 years ago

    Anyone can see that's not Ryu's parts so stop getting so excited at it.

    His legs and feet do look a little on the fat side though. Reminds me of the beefy Super Saiyans from Dragon Ball Z. Maybe he's doing a transfer.

  • P.I.Staker #44 5 years ago

    Can't wait....... Sagat better be included, LIGER!, LIGER!

  • Kryon #45 5 years ago

    I wish Capcom would leave SF in the past where it belongs tbh. I'd rather they came up with something new and interesting. I certainly don't like the style of that screen shot. Oh and LULZ @ Ryu's little willy.

  • Caimbeul #46 5 years ago

    "Ryu is looking a tad peculiar. Massive feet too"
    - They always hobbit feey :-D

  • neuroniky #47 5 years ago

    I'm stunned nobody has posted this yet.

    HADOUKEN!!!

  • a8a #48 5 years ago

    Nikanoru you are taking this WAAAY too personally. It is not a direct insult to you if Capcom decides they want to use some 3d art in their game.

    Im happy with this tbh, Im glad that the gameplay is still 2d and I think that the art style looks good. Except for the unusual codpiece, which looks strangely photoshopped to me :o (I can tell from some of the pixels and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.)

  • Kryon #49 5 years ago

    Nikanoru you are taking this WAAAY too personally. It is not a direct insult to you if Capcom decides they want to use some 3d art in their game.

    It's just that poor old Nikanoru gets upset because he really wants this game but his Wii doesn't handle 3D very well ;-) ...(Although, I have to admit I agree with him, SF should have never been made into a 3D game imo)

  • Apologie #50 5 years ago

    First announced in October, Street Fighter IV will feature 3D rendered characters and environments played in a 2D perspective to maintain a classic Street Fighter feel, said Capcom on Thursday.

    In addition to new special moves and game modes, Capcom confirmed the return of four playable characters: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and Dhalsim. Traditional six-button controls will also return.

    Sadly, no release date or list of supported platforms were announced

    http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_...

  • Apologie #51 5 years ago

    JSPOOLE

    it's somehow disappointing to me too... i expected 3D with fast paced gameplay. Nontheless, judging by these comment section, it will please many of us... i will give it a try tough.
    Edited by Apologie at 06/12/07 @ 19:30

  • DarthCheesiest #52 5 years ago

    Hey where are the chickens!
    Hmmm, looks at Ryu's groin.

    Mostly looks like a drawing to me.

  • Nikanoru #53 5 years ago

    Nikanoru you are taking this WAAAY too personally. It is not a direct insult to you if Capcom decides they want to use some 3d art in their game.

    Insulted? Wow, some people sure know how to pull crap out of thin air. It has nothing to do with personal pride (who the hell would think that?), it has to do with the industry weeding out every single last remnant of 2D graphics, and the fact that this is bad. Just like the movie industry, when was the last time you saw a real animated feature film in theaters? When is the next one gonna come out? All we get these days is CG horseshit, exclusively. No room for anything else. This fucking sucks.

  • Nikanoru #54 5 years ago

    That's cause 2D needs to die. Why lock a fighting game into a non interactive enviroment? Sure maybe if you want to step backwards in time and de-evolve gaming for a decade or so, but people who actually want revoloution don't mind the death of 2D. But sadly Capcom are still holding on to the last tattered remenants of a dying genre of fighting game.


    Revolution? What the hell? You mean the utter domination of 3D graphics in absolutely everything for the past ten years?

    3D animation looks like fucking horse manure. That's why there should still be 2D.

    And on the gameplay side: if you think gameplay in a 2D plane should die out because 3D gameplay is absolutely superior in every way, then I've got news for you: you're completely retarded.

  • spud71 #55 5 years ago

    Most 3D fighters play in 2D they just let you side step in 3D. The real engine is Capcoms Powerstone, that lets you run around in 3D. The only problem with real 3D is the amount of misses there would be. They would need a lock on button to ensure you were facing your opponent.

  • convercide #56 5 years ago

    Guys, guys. Calm down. First of all: 3D animation is getting better and better, however, 2D should NOT be killed off. If it was, we'd have any DS Castlevania game taken away from us and that woudn't be too good would it?

    SF4 is hopefully going to be awesome and I REALLY hope it's similar to SF2 and 3 as the 3D EX series blew goats.

    That's not to say 3D beat 'em ups are bad. VF5 is indeed brilliant. So is Sould Calibur. Tekken never did it for me though. Seemed like you you button bash and win every time.
    Edited by convercide at 06/12/07 @ 23:21

  • cobracotton #57 5 years ago

    Street Fighter 2 CE best fighting game ever, rejoice in 2D revival

  • LittleMike #58 5 years ago

    "Skullo Crusher!!!"

  • ChrisOTR #59 5 years ago

    Oooh. I like that a LOT.

  • Gulag #60 5 years ago

    @The Bodybuilder

    "@ Gulag
    That's cel-shading, a methods taken out of sega's book. "

    Nearly right old chap, but take a closer look.

    Textures on the inside of the leg bleeding into flat colour on the leading planes and faces, plus the rim highlighting, make for a much more nuanced and hand-drafted feel than plain old cel-shading.

  • a8a #61 5 years ago

    Insulted? Wow, some people sure know how to pull crap out of thin air. It has nothing to do with personal pride (who the hell would think that?), it has to do with the industry weeding out every single last remnant of 2D graphics, and the fact that this is bad. Just like the movie industry, when was the last time you saw a real animated feature film in theaters? When is the next one gonna come out? All we get these days is CG horseshit, exclusively. No room for anything else. This fucking sucks.

    You are an angry, angry man.

    But you're also full of shit.

  • VMerken #62 5 years ago

    I don't know. The first teaser movie had me in awe - lovely artistic direction - ... this in-game screenshot ... not so much.